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Modern History UPSC PYQ 2007

13 questions from the UPSC 2007 examination.

13 questions

1Mediumprelims2 marks
British Administration & Economic Policies

The first Factory Act restricting the working hours of women and children and authorizing local governments to make necessary rules was adopted during whose time?

ALord Lytton
BLord Bentinck
CLord Ripon
DLord Canning
2Mediumprelims2 marks
Advent Of Europeans & British Expansion

The ruler of which one of the following States was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance?

AAwadh
BJhansi
CNagpur
DSatara
3Easyprelims2 marks
Post-Independence India

Which one of the following was associated with Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan Movement at the beginning of the movement?

AUdayagiri
BRapur
CPochampalli
DVenkatagiri
4Easyprelims2 marks
Advent Of Europeans & British Expansion

Who among the following Europeans were the last to come to pre-independence India as traders?

ADutch
BEnglish
CFrench
DPortuguese
5Mediumprelims2 marks
Constitutional Developments & British Plans (1909-1947)

Assertion (A): According to the Wavell Plan, the number of Hindu and Muslim members in the Executive Council were to be equal. Reason (R): Wavell thought that this arrangement would have avoided the partition of India.

ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
BBoth A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
CA is true but R is false
DA is false but R is true
6Mediumprelims2 marks
Social & Religious Reform Movements

Who among the following started the newspaper "Shome Prakash"?

ADayanand Saraswati
BIshwar Chandra Vidyasagar
CRaja Rammohun Roy
DSurendranath Banerjee
7Mediumprelims2 marks
British Administration & Economic Policies

Consider the following statements: 1. Robert Clive was the first Governor-General of Bengal. 2. William Bentinck was the first Governor-General of India. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A1 only
B2 only
CBoth 1 and 2
DNeither 1 nor 2
8Easyprelims2 marks
Early Nationalism & Indian National Congress (1885-1915)

The song ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’, written during the Swadeshi Movement of India, inspired the Liberation Struggle of Bangladesh and was adopted as the National Anthem of Bangladesh. Who wrote this song?

ARajni Kanta Sen
BDwijendralal Ray
CMukunda Das
DRabindranath Tagore
9Easyprelims2 marks
Post-Independence India

Who wrote the book "The Story of the Integration of Indian States"?

AB. N. Rau
BC. Rajagopalachari
CKrishna Menon
DV. P. Menon
10Easyprelims2 marks
Gandhian Mass Movements (1915-1942)

At which one of the following places did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?

AAhmedabad
BBardoli
CChamparan
DKheda
11Easyprelims2 marks
Gandhian Mass Movements (1915-1942)

Which one of the following aroused a wave of popular indignation that led to the massacre by the British at Jallianwala Bagh?

AThe Arms Act
BThe Public Safety Act
CThe Rowlatt Act
DThe Vernacular Press Act
12Easyprelims2 marks
Advent Of Europeans & British Expansion

Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the British in India?

AFort William
BFort St. George
CFort St. David
DFort St. Angelo
13Easyprelims2 marks
Social & Religious Reform Movements

Who among the following wrote the book "Bahubivah"?

ARaja Rammohun Roy
BIshwar Chandra Vidyasagar
CPandita Rambai
DRabindranath Tagore
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